Injustice Defense Group in Chicago is a legal firm led by Madeline Scott (Rachelle Lefevre) who was herself falsely imprisoned. Her law partner Easy Boudreau (Russell Hornsby) exonerated her and her troubled brother Levi from their murder convictions. Ambitious D.A. Gore Bellows (Kelsey Grammer) was the prosecutor and is running for Attorney General on his way to the Governorship. He battles Madeline in court as more prisoners are exonerated. Bodie Quick (Vincent Kartheiser) is the investigator and Violet Bell (Nikki M. James) is the assistant/podcaster.
The show pushes the agenda way too hard. Stylistically, the podcast is too preachy. Substantively, the cases should be less black and white. The show needs finesse. The main saving grace is Grammer. He delivers evil with a small e. I like that it's more ambition and arrogance rather than viciousness. The Madeline side is fine but it could do with more questions about her actual guilt. Her innocence is so absolute so that it lacks the tension of a mystery. Even the reveal of the killer is obvious from five episodes away. There is no subtlety in the writing at all. Otherwise, it's compelling enough until the last episode.
The show pushes the agenda way too hard. Stylistically, the podcast is too preachy. Substantively, the cases should be less black and white. The show needs finesse. The main saving grace is Grammer. He delivers evil with a small e. I like that it's more ambition and arrogance rather than viciousness. The Madeline side is fine but it could do with more questions about her actual guilt. Her innocence is so absolute so that it lacks the tension of a mystery. Even the reveal of the killer is obvious from five episodes away. There is no subtlety in the writing at all. Otherwise, it's compelling enough until the last episode.